ArmInfo."Neither my wife nor I are the owners of Freenews, the information about this media is open and available to anyone who is really interested in it." Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Alen Simonyan wrote on his Telegram page.
Earlier today, information appeared that the Freenews TV channel, allegedly owned by the wife of the Speaker of the Armenian Parliament does not pay taxes and generally has a privileged status.
As Simonyan noted, there have been no privileged persons in Armenia for a long time. "The very fact that a process has begun against a number of media outlets, including in relation to the above-mentioned one, is a clear confirmation of this. But it is obvious that it is more attractive to put a label on the name of Alen Simonyan, using it, firstly, to attract more readers, and secondly, to present the government the government as the bearer of the morals of the previous one. Let's wait for more similar headlines and speculations. For example: "Where is the bread store from?" Alen Simonyan bought bread, he does not pay taxes", or "After Alen Simonyan's visit to Rwanda, heavy snowfall began, Will the Lars checkpoint be closed? Maybe that's enough? Don't you have another hero?" the speaker noted.